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No. 14PDJ012. People v. Windler. 02/18/2014. Attorney Suspended.

The PDJ approved the parties’ conditional admission of misconduct and suspended Katherine Mary Windler, attorney registration number 25280, for two years, with six months to be served and the remaining time stayed pending completion of a two-year period of probation. The suspension was effective February 18, 2014.

In 2011, Windler pleaded guilty to misdemeanor trespass in California and was sentenced to twenty-four months’ summary probation with conditions. The Supreme Court of California determined that Windler’s conviction involved moral turpitude and suspended her for two years, all but six months stayed, subject to a two-year period of probation with conditions. Windler’s misconduct constituted grounds for the imposition of reciprocal discipline pursuant to CRCP 251.21(e) (the PDJ is directed to order the same discipline as was imposed in a sister jurisdiction, unless certain exceptions exist).